"personal digital assistant" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: personal digital assistants [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} personal digital assistant (plural personal digital assistants)
  1. (dated) A hand-held electronic organizer or computer. Tags: dated Categories (topical): Computing Synonyms: palmtop, PDA Translations (hand-held electronic organizer): 個人數位助理 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 个人数位助理 (kò-jîn sò͘-ūi chō͘-lí, kò-lîn sò͘-ūi chō͘-lí) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 個人數碼助理 (Chinese Cantonese), 个人数码助理 (go³ jan⁴ sou³ maa⁵ zo⁶ lei⁵) (Chinese Cantonese), 個人數碼助理 (Chinese Mandarin), 个人数码助理 (gèrén shùmǎ zhùlǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 個人數位助理 (Chinese Mandarin), 个人数位助理 (gèrén shùwèi zhùlǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), kämmentietokone (Finnish), assistant numérique personnel [masculine] (French), პირადი ციფრული ასისტენტი (ṗiradi cipruli asisṭenṭi) (Georgian), პერსონალური ციფრული ასისტენტი (ṗersonaluri cipruli asisṭenṭi) (Georgian), Personal Digital Assistant [masculine] (German), lófatölva [feminine] (Icelandic), 携帯情報端末 (keitai jōhō tanmatsu) (alt: けいたいじょうほうたんまつ) (Japanese), ли́чно дигита́лно пома́гало (líčno digitálno pomágalo) [neuter] (Macedonian), compiuteu d'paûmé [masculine] (Norman), PDA [masculine] (Portuguese), КПК (KPK) [masculine] (Russian), карма́нный персона́льный компью́тер (karmánnyj personálʹnyj kompʹjútɛr) [masculine] (Russian), handdator [common-gender] (Swedish), cep bilgisayarı (Turkish), kişisel sayısal yardımcı (Turkish)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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